Word: containedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nasser's 34-minute speech contained menace as well as hyperbole. He got down to cases about his intentions in Yemen, where, up till now, each returning battalion has been replaced by an equal number of new Egyptian levies. Egyptians would remain in Yemen, he said, "until it is...
For his part, the President's answer to Governor Wallace-and to the nation-was contained in a spirited and eloquent speech at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Though he never once mentioned the word Negro, Kennedy clearly was aiming his message at the Wallaces of the South. "This nation...
In brief, Le Corbusier advocated "cities of tomorrow" composed of immense, largely self-contained apartment blocks, widely spaced in open parks. Bands of superhighways would weave about these superblocks, while a network of smaller roads and pedestrian walks would connect individual units.
Its central units are residential sectors of approximately 240 acres, designed to house 15,000 people. Each is an inward-looking, self-contained neighborhood, with its own business center. The city can be expanded almost indefinitely by adding new sectors; yet, growth will not lead to depersonalization, Le Corbusier believes...
The same concept of a self-contained community is displayed in Unite d'Habitation, the Marseilles apartment block completed in 1952. At the opening ceremony in October of that year Le Corbusier described the superblock as "the first manifestation of an environment suited to modern life."